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SM Najmus Sakib

Journalist Dhaka
SM Najmus Sakib

SM Najmus Sakib is a journalist based in Dhaka. His work focuses on human rights, refugee rights, public health, the environment and climate change. Follow him on Twitter @ns_rafsan.

 

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Garment Industry in Bangladesh Struggles to Contain Pollution
 
 
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Event Roundup / IILF 2026 Analysis
The fair's expansion into newly constructed exhibition halls at Chennai Trade Centre failed to address fundamental organisational issues, with similar product categories scattered across disparate locations forcing extended navigation.

IILF 2026 Exposes Gap Between Boardroom Sustainability and Tannery Floor Reality

  • Vasan Suri

11 February 2026
Unsold Clothes / EU Rules Report
The shift from disposal to disclosure reframes surplus inventory as a governance question rather than a logistical afterthought within European fashion markets.

EU Moves to End Routine Disposal of Excess Apparel Stock; New Rules Redefine Fashion Surplus

  • Special Correspondent

13 February 2026
 
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Forest Resources / MMCF Pressures Analysis
The promise of renewable fibres rests on a forest economy now tightening under climate pressure, land competition, and regulatory scrutiny across multiple jurisdictions.

Textile Brands Underestimating Wood-Fibre Exposure as Climate and Regulation Converge

  • Subir Ghosh

19 February 2026
Consumer Returns / Fast Fashion Analysis
Free returns reshaped digital fashion by lowering purchasing risk, but they also embedded hidden environmental costs within everyday shopping routines.

Charging for Returns Won’t Fix Fast Fashion’s Structural Waste and Overproduction Model

  • Anastasia Vayona

18 February 2026
 
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Event Roundup / FTSC 2025 Report
The International Conference on Fashion as a Tool for Social Change explored how fashion systems can move beyond extraction towards models that prioritise human relationships, epistemic justice and equitable value creation across global supply chains.

Participatory Design and Ethical Labour Dominate Discourse at FTSC 2025 Gathering

  • Special Correspondent

17 November 2025
Cotton Crisis / Pakistan Status Analysis
The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) and All-Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) have time and again warned that the current tax structure makes domestic cotton unviable, forcing mills to rely increasingly on cheaper imported alternatives. Industry insiders fear that during the crop year 2025–26, cotton ginning and textile sectors may operate at less than 50% of their total production capacity.

Pakistan's Cotton Sector Faces Imminent Collapse as Government Scrambles for Solutions

  • Special Correspondent

5 June 2025